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Jimenez-Shahed noted that ideally, this new method could serve as an early diagnostic test, potentially easier than using spinal fluid, skin biopsies or specialized scans.
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Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
The doctor quickly scheduled me for a bone marrow biopsy and a panel of other tests.
—Julia Ries, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
But what if quick action (in response to false positive test results) leads to very painful and expensive prostate biopsies?
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
In surgery, doctors discovered the baby had enlarged kidneys and needed to perform a biopsy.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
The doctor quickly scheduled me for a bone marrow biopsy and a panel of other tests.
—Julia Ries, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
But what if quick action (in response to false positive test results) leads to very painful and expensive prostate biopsies?
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
In surgery, doctors discovered the baby had enlarged kidneys and needed to perform a biopsy.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biopsy
vivisection
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In lab research, one potential concern is performing live dissections, once known as vivisection, without anesthetics or analgesics.—
Bob Fischer,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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There certainly are other critiques of Trumpian corruption to be seen on Broadway this season, but few speak so eloquently as Mamet’s vivisection from 1983.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Biopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biopsy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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